The Brazilian Portuguese version of the London Chest Activity of Daily Living scale for use in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

  • Carpes, Marta Fioravante
  • Mayer, Anamaria Fleig
  • Simon, Karen Muriel
  • Jardim, José Roberto
  • Garrod, Rachel
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Publication date
March 2008
Publisher
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Journal
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To translate the London Chest Activity of Daily Living (LCADL) scale into Portuguese and to determine whether this version is reproducible in Brazilian patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS: The LCADL scale was translated into Portuguese and then back-translated into English. This pilot Brazilian Portuguese version was administered to 8 patients with COPD, and possible text-related problems were investigated. The principal problems were discussed with the authors of the original scale, and a final translated version was arrived at. At the study outset, two observers administered this final version (twice in one day) to 31 patients with COPD. One of those observers again administered the scale ...

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